Friday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
West Coast Eagles vs. Hawthorn Hawks — FS2, 6 a.m.

Boxing
Floyd Mayweather vs. Andre Berto, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — CBS Sports Network/Showtime, 6 p.m.

Premier Boxing Champions, Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
WBC World Light Heavyweight Title
Adonis Stevenson vs. Tommy Karpency — Spike, 9 p.m.

Friday Night Knockout, The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Featherweights
Chris Avalos vs. Oscar Valdez — truTV, 10 p.m.

Bundesliga
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Hamburger — FS1, 2:30 p.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1, 2 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Soccer
Men’s
Maryland vs. Michigan — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Cal vs. Cal-Davis — Pac-12 Bay Area, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s
Cal vs. Cal-Riverside — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 5 p.m.
Mississippi vs. Kentucky — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Arizona State vs. Pepperdine — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona vs. Texas Tech — Pac-12 Arizona, 10 p.m.
Washington vs. Oklahoma State — Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.
Stanford vs. Penn State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area, 11 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Texas Classic, Gregory Gym, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Santa Clara vs. Iona — Longhorn Network, 11 a.m.
Texas vs. Texas-San Antonio — Longhorn Network, 1:30 p.m.
Texas-San Antonio vs. Iona — Longhorn Network, 6 p.m.
Texas vs. Santa Clara — Longhorn Network, 8:30 p.m.

South Dakota at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8:30 p.m.
Oregon State at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
New Mexico at USC — Pac-12 Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 19: Medina del Campo to Ávila — Universal Sports, 10 a.m.

Tour of Britain
Stage 6: Stoke-on-Trent to Nottingham — Universal Sports, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
LPGA Tour
The Evian Championship, Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les Bains, France
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m.

European PGA Tour
KLM Open, Kennemer Golf & Country Club, Zandvoort, The Netherlands
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Web.com Tour
Hotel Fitness Championship, Sycamore Hills Golf Club, Fort Wayne, IN
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Legacy Fighting Championships 45, Hard Rock Casino, Tulsa, OK
Andrew Todhunter vs. Dylan Smith — AXS TV, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Tampa Bay — NESN/Sun Sports, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 7 p.m.
Kansas City at Baltimore — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/MASN, 7 p.m.
Toronto at New York Yankees — MLB Network/Sportsnet/YES, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Texas — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Houston at Anaheim Angels — Root Sports Southwest/Fox Sports West, 10 p.m.

National League
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia — WGN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Washington at Miami — MASN2/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Atlanta — SNY/Fox Sports South, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, approximately 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona — SportsNet LA/Fox Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco — Fox Sports San Diego/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 10:15 p.m.

Interleague
Colorado at Seattle — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

MLS
New York Red Bulls vs. Chicago — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
Practice — NBCSN, 10 a.m.
Final Practice — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Qualifying — NBCSN, 5:30 p.m.

Xfinity Series
Virginia529 College Savings 250, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
Qualifying — NBCSN, 3:30 p.m.
Race — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
Countdown to Green — NBCSN, 7 p.m.

NBA
2015 Hall of Fame Red Carpet Show — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
2015 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs. Heart of Midlothian — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:40 p.m.

Soccer
Football Focus — BBC World News, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Keys & Gray Show — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
The Locker Room — beIN Sports, 10:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo & Kannell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show (The Final Day) — FS2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
America’s Pregame — FS1, 4:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: First Pitch — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York, NY
Women’s Semifinals — ESPN, 11 a.m.
Men’s Semifinals — ESPN, 5 p.m.

U.S. Open Tonight: Women’s and Men’s Semifinals — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

Track & Field
IAAF Diamond League, Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles, Belgium
Memorial van Damme — beIN Sports, 2 p.m.

Entertainment
Masters of Illusion — The CW, 8 p.m.
Babies Behaving Badly — Discovery Family Channel, 8 p.m.
Think It Up — ABC/CBS/Fox/NBC, 8 p.m.
Redwood Kings: Redwood Renaissance (season finale) — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Dredged Up: Countdown to the Gold — Discovery, 8 p.m.
9/11: The Miracle of Stairway B — History Channel, 8 p.m.
World’s Weirdest: Mutants — Nat Geo Wild, 8 p.m.
Into the Woods — Starz, 8 p.m.
Cold Justice: In the Neighborhood, Part 1 (White Settlement, TX) — TNT, 8 p.m.
Charlie Rose-The Week — PBS, 8:30 p.m.
Girl Meets World: Girl Meets I Am Farkle — Disney Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Babies Behaving Badly — Discovery Family Channel, 8:30 p.m.
World Trade Center — Showtime, 8:30 p.m.
Why We Do Stuff!: Blind Panic — Discovery Family Channel, 9 p.m.
Dateline NBC: The Shadow — NBC, 9 p.m.
Bering Sea Gold: Girl Drama — Discovery, 9 p.m.
9/11: 102 Minutes That Changed America — History Channel, 9 p.m.
Death by Gossip With Wendy Williams: Thrill Kill — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Inside 9/11: Zero Hour — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Cold Justice: Sex Games: A Serial Case (Clearfield, UT) — TNT, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Monument: Gunpowder Plot; Lost in Yellowstone; Cops are Robbers — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Why We Do Stuff!: It’s a Miracle — Discovery Family Channel, 9:30 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Off the Grid: You Better Belize It! — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Strike Back — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Real Time With Bill Maher — HBO, 10 p.m.
Deadly Women: Get Rich Quick — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
9/11: As It Happened — MSNBC, 10 p.m.
Z Nation: The Murphy (season premiere) — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Jeff Lynne’s ELO at Hyde Park — VH1 Classic, 10 p.m.
20/20: Suzy Favor Hamilton: From Three-Time Olympian to Las Vegas Call Girl — ABC, 10:01 p.m.
Treehouse Masters: Workshop Edition — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
Edge of Alaska: The Breakup — Discovery, 10:02 p.m.
The Soup Presents the Comment Section — E!, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Continuum: Lost Hours (season premiere) — Syfy, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Big Brother: After Dark — Pop TV, midnight

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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